Condensed-milk-can holder.



No. 637,460. Paitented Nov. 2|, I899. w. HABLAN.

CONDENSED MILK CAN HOLDER.

(Application filed my. 27, 1899.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: l/VVE/VTOI? ATTORNEYS.

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- and carrying a cutter adapted to cut the canbroken away.

NITED STATES 5 ATENT rrrca.

WILBUR IIARLAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DARCEY J.DINSMORE, OF SAME PLACE.

CONDENSED-MlLK-CAN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,460, dated November21, 1899.

Application filed March 27, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILBUR HARLAN, a citi- Zen of the United States,and aresident of New York city, county of New York, and State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condensed-Milk-Can Holders, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof,in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in condensed-milk-can holders,its object being to provide a device of this character in which the canmay be inserted,its cover punctured,and all the milk contained thereinexhausted without removing the can from the holder. Holders havingcovers carrying the cutter have been used for this purpose, but areobjectionable for the reason that a space is left between the cutter andthe wall of the can, through which the milk leaks out without passingthrough the spout, and when the milk is not all used within a reasonabletime it crystallizes between the cutter and the wall of the can, so thatthe egress of the milk remaining is impeded.

The invention consists in a telescopic holder-cover adapted to closelyfit over the can and slide into the base portion of the holder coverclose to the wall of the can.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View; and Fig. 2 is aside elevation, the holder being sectional and the can partly Inconstructing my device I employ a cylindrical base portion a of anysuitable material and ornamented in any desired manner and carrying thehandle 1). Adapted to fit closely within the open end of this baseportion of the holder is the cylindrical cover a, which has a spout dfixed to one side thereof. A sharp V-shaped cutter e is formedintegrally with said cover or fixed thereto directly under the opening finto the spout d. The apex of Serial No. 710,645. (No model.)

the cutter 6 lies close to the lower end of the wall of the cover 0 onone side, only sufficient space being left between said cutter and thewall of said cover to receive the wall 9 of the can it when the top i ofthe can is punctured.

The lid j, adapted to fit closely over the spout, is hinged at the rearend of the spout to the top of the cover 0, and a coiled spring Z, fixedon the pintle 7c of the hinge, keeps said lid normally in closedposition, as shown by full lines in Fig. 2. A handle m, formedintegrally with said lid or fixed thereto, is projected rearwardlybeyond the hinge.

In the operation of the device the milk-can is inserted in the lowerportion of the holder and the cover placed in position upon the top ofthe can and then pressed downwardly. The cutter e will puncture the topof the milkcan, cutting aV-shaped piece out of the cover and bending itdownwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2. The movement'of the coverbeing vertical, the cutter 6 will always lie close to the wall 9 of thecan it, and no milk can get between said cutter and said wall, andtherefore cannot leak out without passing through the spout. When it isdesired to draw milk from the can, the holder is held in an inclinedposition and the handle an pressed downwardly, opening the lid j, andthe milk will flow freely through the aperture made by the cutter andthrough the spout d. When returned to its normal position, the lid willclose, cutting off the flow of milk.

It is obvious that the cover and the lower portion of the holder may beornamented in any desired manner.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a milk-can holder, the combinationof a base portion, a cover adapted to slide vertically within said baseportion, a cutter fixed said cover and spaced from the Wall of the enceof two witnesses, this 25th day of March,

cover a distance equal to the thickness of the 1899.

can a spout carried by said cover over the 3 A cutter, and aspring-actuated lid therefor, WILLUR'HARLAN' 5 substantially asdescribed. \Vitnesses:

SYDNEY D. PRESCOTT,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pres- O. P. CoLToN.

